Denise Meridith, a New York City native, is a communications and business executive with private and public sector accomplishments. She possesses a nationwide reputation. She served as an executive with the Bureau of Land Management for 20+ years, rising to the position of highest-ranked career professional, as the Deputy Director with 10,000 employees, 200 offices and $1.1 Billion budget. Since her retirement in 2002, Meridith has managed her own public and community relations firm—Denise Meridith Consultants Inc (DMCI). DMCI provides a variety of services, including, but not limited to public affairs, business development, lobbying, journalism, media relations, and marketing.

Meridith’s life-time interest has been working with education. Meridith has a BS from Cornell University and an MPA from USC. She has served as a member of Cornell University Board of Trustees, an online instructor for eCornell for 10 years, and taught sports marketing at ASU. She founded the non-profit Linking Sports & Communities, which, for 14 years, encouraged student athletes to stay in school, lead healthy lifestyles and be financially responsible.

Meridith has been involved in health care consulting for ten years. She has provided consulting in marketing and community relations and provided public workshops and training in doctor/patient communications, and healthcare reform. She has been a regular donor to the Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center.

Her awards have included Top 100 Phoenix Leaders, Minority Business Advocate of the Year, SBA's Vision Award for Minority Business Development, and YMCA Entrepreneur of the Year. This year she was awarded one of the Phoenix Business Journal’s 2017 Outstanding Business Women awards, the Phoenix Award for Consulting Services, and was inducted onto the 2017 Women’s Empowerment List for her support of non-profits.

In 1995, Meridith founded World’s Best Connectors LLC, which helps other executives enhance their connections with family, employees, clients, government and the media. WBC has provided a wide variety of conferences and webinars for executives. In 2024, among other activities, it is launching programs, like Wish I Had Known, Project NILO and NILO Media Network to create new executives!